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.J. A. PHILLIPS.

Lifting Jack.

No. 235,289. Patented Dec. 7,1880.

lllllllllll H i I .M fiw L Inventor". ,0I7f /7 Mma7 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEO JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS, OF BRYANT, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD O. M. BRAKE AND D. A. WHITE, OF SAME PLACE.

LlFTlNG-JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,289, dated December '7, 1880. Application filed July 28, 1880. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPH A. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bryant, in the county of Jay and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lifting- Jacks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved liftingjack for use in raising carriage-wheels and partially removing them fromthe axle when it is necessary to oil them and the objects of my improvements are to provide a jack the lifting-lever of which is adjustable vertically in a frame, and is provided with a peculiarlyshaped inner end for bearing upon the hub of the wheel in such a manner that as the outer end of said lever is depressed for raising said wheel its inner end will draw the same outward and allow the lubricant to be placed directly upon the arm or axle. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing the parts in the positions in which they are placed when the wheel has been raised and partially withdrawn from its axle and Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, showing the parts as placed beside a wheel for use, and showing, also, a box for the reception of the lubricant and for a wrench or other tools.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both of the views.

In constructing jacks of this character I provide a frame consisting of a base, A, to which are secured two vertical posts, A and A the edges of which are provided with a series of notches or depressions, A A for the reception of the journals of a lifting-lever, soon to be described.

These posts may be made of wood or iron, or of any other suitable material, and when made of wood they may, if preferred, have a 50 plate of metal attached to their inner or outer surfaces, which may be provided with notcl or depressions corresponding with those the posts over or upon which they are plat for the purpose of preventing the splitting of the projecting portions of said posts.

For the purpose of uniting the upper pi tions of the posts A and A a bar, A,

.wood or metal, is extended from one to t other and firmly secured to both, which 11 the effect to prevent them from being set rated. At the proper point, near the low ends of the posts, there is extended from o to the other another rod, A, which receiv and holds in position a dog, B, which is: tached to the lifting-lever.

For the purpose of forming a receptacle f the lubricant to be used there is placed up the base A a box, B, which is provided wi a hinged cover, so that it may be readi opened, said box affording a means of keepii always on hand, and where it is always acce sible, a supply of lubricating material, a1 being, also, a receptacle for a wrench or 0th tools necessary to be used in performing tl operation.

For the purpose of raising and partially r moving the wheels of various kinds of veh cles there is provided a lever, G, of peculiz construction. The inner end of this lever, that portion which comes in contact with tl wheel in raising it, is to be substantially( the form shown in the drawings, its uppt edge being beveled, so as to permit it to be: upon the hub between the spokes of the whee This portion of the lever is also rounded upo its upper edge, so that when it is placed in CO1 tact with the hub, as shown in Fig. 2 of th drawings, and its outer end is depressed, 2 shown in Fig. 1, the wheel will be partiall withdrawn from its arm or axle. Should it no withdraw far enough by this operation all tha is required to still further remove it is to tak hold of the rod A and tip the frame outwari until the wheel has been removed the require distance, when the lubricant may be appliei and the wheel returned to its position on th axle by returning the frame to its vertical po sition and raising the outer end of lifting-1e ver 0.

For the purpose of making the lifting-leve:

rtically adjustable upon the post there is ached to or formed upon it journals C C", .ich extend therefrom sufliciently far to alv them to rest in the notches formed upon (posts A A and thus, by raising or lowng said lever, it will be accommodated to e in raising and removing wheels of differt sizes. The dog, or ratchet-bar B, above alluded to,

pivoted to lever U, as shown, its lower end ing provided with depressions for engaging th the rod A so that the lever may be sered in any position within its range of moveent.

Having thus described my invention, what 15 I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the lifting-lever O, having its inner end rounded, as described, the notched posts A A, and the dog B, the parts 20 being arranged for joint operation substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES M. BRAKE, SAMUEL JONES. 

